This is horrific!
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London, UK - TWO dogs died of starvation and a third was forced to feed on their corpses, a court heard.
The Yorkshire terriers perished in squalor when they were abandoned without food or water in a Peckham flat.
A third dog clung to life by turning cannibal and eating the others' corpses, Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court was told.
She recovered when RSPCA inspectors broke into the home in Haymerle Road, after neighbours reported a bad smell.
Hardened inspectors were left shocked at the dreadful scene that met them inside the flat in Furley House.
The surviving dog was rushed to a vet to be treated for severe malnutrition.
RSPCA inspectors tracked down the owner, Susan Poynter, 30, and prosecuted her for causing unnecessary suffering to animals. She admitted the offence.
Magistrates banned her from keeping animals for 10 years and ordered her to carry out a 150-hour community punishment order.
She was also put on probation for nine months.
Poynter claimed she had moved out of the property when her partner went into hospital and could not take the dogs with her.
RSPCA inspector Mark Miles rescued the surviving dog.
He said: "These dogs were left to starve for months. She could have asked for help, rather than abandon them to their fate.
"It was a horrible end for them and the poor dog that survived only did so by having to eat her companions. This is one of the worst cases that I have had to deal with."
The surviving dog, renamed Betty, has since made a full recovery, and is at a new home.
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